How to easily make kefir, without starter, the pioneer way.

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The Enlightened Homesteader

2 жыл бұрын

Learning lessons from our pioneer ancestors about surviving in pre modern times.

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@kalakala10011 2 ай бұрын

Thank you ! I did extensive research and you have got it right. As time and batches progress you will land with full on kefir grains. It does take time to become a full bouquet of probiotics and nutrients, but your way is the right way. I do not know why people think everything needs to be bought. Its quicker to use a starter, but by no means the only way! Those teams of scientists are lying. As per usual we do not know who is paying for their research or who the scientists are. Im following for more valuable information.

@CityOfTinyLines Ай бұрын

Its more the people who pay the scientists that are lying. There's no money in truth after all.

@theenlightenedhomesteader5822 2 жыл бұрын

Hello all you lovely people who took the time to watch my video. Much love to you and even more for my subscribers!💓💗 I did a bit more experimenting and I noticed that straining the kefir makes it a wonderful creamy texture, so that is how I will be preparing it. Also the sour dough starter I made with equal parts flour and kefir turned out delightful! I just made pancakes with some discard. They are delicious! I will show a video of the starter soon! Many thanks again and good vibes to you all!💞💓💞

@ripwff7502 18 күн бұрын

Is this clabber the exact same thing as milk kefir grains - you know, the milk kefir grains being sent in the mail for one teaspoon starting at $15 and going up in price from there? Thank you & God Bless.

@maebones4339 20 күн бұрын

Greetings from Kentucky. Thank You so much.🥰 I had no idea we could make the grains like this from scratch! You helped me out alot, as I lost my grains a while back and have been unable to find any more....without paying a ridiculous price which I refused to do, as I gave tons of them away when I had them.

@elliesvideos2507 7 ай бұрын

Hello just watched your video - I knew there had to be a way to grow them yourselves!! Thanks for sharing this info!! Would like more pioneer ways!

@rustytindog 8 күн бұрын

Brilliant and all done so easy thank you for your wonderful information from Australia

@k8sl 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, this was the missing piece I needed!

@prairiewoman2054 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this information! I can't wait to try it!

@bernicemontana1747 8 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much for taking the time to show me how to start from the beginning. I do like to do things, and understand things from the start. A Enlightene God Bless you... Carol from Eastern Oregon

@champagnjethersiahdduvenag6078 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have thought about this a lot. Even made it this way, but thought that it was not real Kefir.

@victorialim3109 11 ай бұрын

thanks for your sharing ,so kind of you/GBU

@bobbymalta73 10 ай бұрын

Thanks For sharing.

@gaianeg7927 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this voluble information!!!!!?

@stephenparker4735 11 ай бұрын

Such a relaxed, informative video. Thank you so much. Also a pleasure to hear such a lovely voice. Subscribed!

@phild5454 15 күн бұрын

Kombucha info - how to grow your own.* I had two jars one with kefir grains and full milk ready to ferment and one with fermented kefir and mango to blend into a smoothie - i got them mixed up and blended the full milk with grains. Typical - saved them they still work as good but are super tiny and not growing. Have to watch what im doing in future. I'll try this method. * Ps Something ive learned Kombucha scoby - how are they made and sold on eBay - they are round i noticed. I made some and let it sit too long in a jar and it tasted too much like of a vinegar taste. I opened the lid - closed it - a scoby formed - i opened the lid again, closed it - another formed- repeat repeat to grow a tower of them- easy as that. Buy some kombucha - leave it in a jar - let it turn to a vinegar taste and open the lid and one will grow.

@MehmetBoysal 3 ай бұрын

Very good informative video, thanks.

@kadster65 Ай бұрын

Thank you! You have no idea how hard I've looked to find someone who shows us how the actual kefir grains come into being. I don't think our ancestors ran down to the local health food store to buy these mysterious grains. Whenever we fall on hard times - and it's looking like we eventually may - we need to know how to do these things the old way.

@octavemg 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this detailed info I will try today . God bless

@karenreaves3650 10 ай бұрын

Very nice ❤

@zandraghany9565 4 ай бұрын

Thank u for sharing

@neilroseywales1537 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing,all the time I wanted to know how you get the Kefir started the natural way,but just didn't know how. I will try your way. God Bless, will share.

@jesuisravi Жыл бұрын

you have found a streamlined way of getting clabbered milk, but that is not at all kefir. Teams of scientists have been trying to develop kefir grains and so far they have not succeeded. It is hard to do.

@damesaphira9790 Жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you. What she made was Cultured Buttermilk (I would guess bulgarian) but it is NOT kefir. BUT no worries. Buttermilk is AMAZING and delicious! People of the Plains and the South of USA have perfected Cultured Buttermilk to an art form! Great info in the video.....but it is NOT Kefir.

@theenlightenedhomesteader5822 11 ай бұрын

You are correct.

@embrj1453 10 ай бұрын

so how can you buy it so easily online?

@damesaphira9790 10 ай бұрын

@@embrj1453 You can share it by sharing the kefir grains. They are easily mailed to others who can then start their own kefir making adventures. :)

@jesuisravi 10 ай бұрын

@@embrj1453 the same way you can buy sunflower seeds online. That doesn't mean you can "make" your own.

@nobelabifadel8697 Жыл бұрын

The good old way and it works for sure 👋👋👋

@PeterWest70 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips. Any other tips for Kiefer grains “long-term” storage (dried or frozen).

@jishanaman6146 5 ай бұрын

❤ from India.

@reneeclark9903 4 ай бұрын

Im new to kefir and found this video very interesting.

@galinarou 11 ай бұрын

I just learned how to make sourdough starter from scratch and was surprised to find that you can also make kefir grains from scratch! With the legends about how kefir first began in the Balkan mountains I can't help but wonder if this is the way all cultures stored their milk before refrigeration. Maybe the tradition was simply preserved in the East and forgotten in the West.

@lisapotter3052 10 ай бұрын

She did not make Kefir-grains but Buttermilk; Kefir grains look like tiny cauliflower and also grow larger like that.

@annettemartinez9508 6 ай бұрын

Thank you finally.

@andrevandenheever6740 10 ай бұрын

Try drinking some tea, without milk, with a little bit of turmeric powder and a slice of lemon for managing the lactose intolerance

@Larry-qf7lw Ай бұрын

Maam please please write back because I liked your way very much. You have put 1 cup of milk in a glass jar kept in the light for 24 hrs and it has turned into curd. This you turned as kefir which tastes good and then you went about adding this into milk, us ut warm milk or cold milk and then the same outcome every day, is this kefir. Pjease write back I want to make your way instead of biting kefir but this I can do under your guidance so pjease help me I live in india. If you have a site with all details I would love to go that way too. Tku very much but please write back

@AndreAndFriends 9 ай бұрын

I make my own kefir. TJ plain kefir. Add 1 cup of TJ plain kefir to a galon of whole milk. Mixe it. Leave it in a car on a hot day. You just made 1 gallon of a delicious TJ style kefir.

@beverlycharles6534 5 ай бұрын

😮How many hours in the car??? 🤣🤣🤣 How did it taste? Was it yeasty & thick like yogurt?

@beverlycharles6534 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Great! You are now an official distinguished scientist!! Lol. The TJ / store bought Kefir has about 12 strains and homemade has like 60 and is just as easy to make but still you save a ton of money that way and your gut is happy too. A whole gallon kefir for only $6 or $7 the REALLY easy way. I am for it!!! 😊🎉😊 I am not sure how long kefir last, but I think WEEKS and maybe does not have to be refrigerated (idk), but I am thinking it totally makes sense to make to make in high quantities. Thx.❤

@markchilluffo9638 10 ай бұрын

👍👍

@waleednadan 5 ай бұрын

Is it possible to get the grains and grow it by that way you shared? I will appreciate your quick reply thanks.

@lisapotter3052 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your interesting video/experimenting although this obviously did not produce Kefir-grains but Buttermilk; Kefir grains look like tiny cauliflower and also tend to grow larger like that. For $10,- you can have fresh/non dehydrated Kefir starter bulbs delivered to your doorstep.

@sheilam4964 10 ай бұрын

Do you know what 'semantics' means? Semantics has shown that a lot of the time brain cells drop dead during translation. What was historically called "kefir" is not likely what is "known" as kefir today. All in all it's all just fermented milk, with different strains of bacteria and funguses. What one Nationality called it may be different from the same thing in another Nationality but the bacteria and funguses it contains are the same. Sometimes (without scientific proof of the actual fermented milk from a few hundred years ago) the translation of "fermented milk" from one language to another, say Turkish or Russian to English, and because we have grown so homogenized, culturally as a global community, that we are now giving "fermented milk" many different names depending on a single country most famous for a particular group of bacteria and fungus in a particular fermented milk but in all honesty, it's all just semantics due to a lack of a better or more scientifically accurate naming method. What Immigrants brought to this country (or any country, for that matter) is their history and heritage no matter if you see it as being done correctly or not. By the way, it has been found that kefir in it's originating countries has many different bacteria and fungus variations in its "fermented milk" profiles that are all called "kefir". I hope this eases your need to exert your unfounded expertise which only highlights your short comings. Having said all that I must applaud you for your efforts to learn.

@makenja1037 5 ай бұрын

but some people might be in places where they cannot get that access what should they do?.

@debradelarue9717 10 ай бұрын

Some vital info, thankyou. Also really appreciate that you bother to wear an apron and put yr hair back. Iv subscribed to yr new channel.

@StagnantMizu 23 күн бұрын

but the probiotic bacteria in the other kefir grains will not be available in youre fermented milk. its way less diverse and healthy.

@deborahgrantham7387 6 ай бұрын

Wyoming is wonderful. The smell? What smell? The smell of clean air, sage, grass wheat?

@coolissimo69 4 ай бұрын

Thanks lovely lady. Finally a video that shows all the secretes.Hoes it need to be with whole milk? Can it be Semi?

@wisdomguy9837 Ай бұрын

Hi can I make milk kefir grains from curds left over?

@tmt7912 8 ай бұрын

Is it grain?

@karenreaves3650 10 ай бұрын

We were not able to keep our calf or goat they were always going over the fence. I have kefir grains and learning to make it, my great grandson’s have gut issues.

@juliemast9498 2 ай бұрын

This is not kefir. Interesting process,cultured milk,but not kefir.

@ummu8585 3 ай бұрын

We never throw If it spoil just remove cheese mix with flour and make bread

@jeffbee6090 3 ай бұрын

I'm not an expert but I'm guessing there's more different bacteria in kefir than in clotted milk... the kefir is creamier and a little "softer" taste.... BUT your method is great! when SHTF I can still easily make a kefir type of drink!

@Aaron84danielle 4 ай бұрын

Do you just eat the curds or do you eat the whey as well?

@theenlightenedhomesteader5822 4 ай бұрын

I use the curds to start another batch. The whey can be used for other recipes.

@YeshuaKingMessiah 10 ай бұрын

How can u clabber dead milk?? How is that dead milk left out on the counter not rotten? Dead milk spoils. Only live milk (raw) does not.

@smartturkey123 24 күн бұрын

Can we use store brought kefir as starter?

@johncwade7765 2 күн бұрын

There are ‘how to’ videos on here

@CityOfTinyLines Ай бұрын

So it's just bad milk. Amazing!

@gg-wk2ww 9 ай бұрын

You can buy kefir grains from Amos Miller a Pennsylvania amish farmer online. He is fighting our gov to keep his farm. If he loses his case, all organic farms will be destroyed

@alexruiz65 28 күн бұрын

This is a way to ferment milk..but it is not KEFIR..the fermenting microorganism is not BULGAR..

@croucierart 11 ай бұрын

If you don’t have coffee filter what can i use?

@markchilluffo9638 10 ай бұрын

Cheese cloth or any lightweight material to keep the bugs out

@lovepriestess144 10 ай бұрын

A kitchen towel or paper towel works great too. Beeswax wraps are another option.

@johnr.5475 10 ай бұрын

I use handkerchief

@markchilluffo9638 10 ай бұрын

Or just buy coffee filters when you’re shopping

@gg-wk2ww 9 ай бұрын

Cotton t-shirt piece , paper napkin works well for cover not for straining the cheese, maybe once 😉😆

@Sara-gl8ue Ай бұрын

I'm confused. How does homogenized and pasteurized milk create any type of beneficial cultures? It kills all of the beneficial bacteria within the milk. That's why it sours so quickly when compared to raw dairy.

@binathere2574 2 ай бұрын

It is pronounced Ke fear.

@Ws-wr6xt Ай бұрын

It’s not kefir,it’s soured milk

@martinrubes3044 5 ай бұрын

That is not what kefir is

@dereksimmons5877 2 ай бұрын

This is how people made kefir. Except it took many hundreds of years for the correct species to dominate the culture. Some time between the domestication of mammals in the near east and the culture boom in the ancient far east.